Convent of Christ and Templar stronghold, Tomar

This one has to be for ~ Zebigleb / Imaginerf ~ , who has the most impressive collection of pictures of gargoyles on his site.

The top left picture was a lucky 'snatch' shot, perhaps not the best technically, but it made me smile.

The drinking fountain at the top was outside, there are quite a few of these. The lower one was at the back of one of the massive meeting rooms and, I think, served as a communal washbasin - perhaps for hand washing.

The water supply to Tomar was via the 5 km long Pegoes Aqueduct, which was built during the reign of Kings Philip I and II, between 1593 to 1613 by Philippe Teri and Pedro Fernandes. The aqueduct has 180 arches, some of them double-decker, and delivers water to a huge cistern in the Philip II Cloister.

I don't know anything about the water system within the Convent of Christ itself, it must have been quite effective to offer so many opportunities to either drink or keep clean..

Convent of Christ and Templar stronghold, Tomar

Gargoyles, Drinking fountains and Washbasins.

My seventh collection of images from Tomar.

This one has to be for ~ Zebigleb / Imaginerf ~ , who has the most impressive collection of pictures of gargoyles on his site.

The top left picture was a lucky 'snatch' shot, perhaps not the best technically, but it made me smile.

The drinking fountain at the top was outside, there are quite a few of these. The lower one was at the back of one of the massive meeting rooms and, I think, served as a communal washbasin - perhaps for hand washing.

The water supply to Tomar was via the 5 km long Pegoes Aqueduct, which was built during the reign of Kings Philip I and II, between 1593 to 1613 by Philippe Teri and Pedro Fernandes. The aqueduct has 180 arches, some of them double-decker, and delivers water to a huge cistern in the Philip II Cloister.

I don't know anything about the water system within the Convent of Christ itself, it must have been quite effective to offer so many opportunities to either drink or keep clean..